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After qualifying in 1990 from Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, Dr Irfan Ahmed received advanced training in General Surgery. After passing fellowship examination from College of Physicians of Pakistan in 1996, he was awarded fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1998. Dr Ahmed has been a Research Fellow in St James University Hospital, and of the Royal of College of Surgeons of England. In 2001 he was awarded his MD from the University of Leeds. After obtaining his CCT in 2006, he worked as a Consultant Surgeon in University Hospitals Nottingham before moving to Aberdeen in 2007.

He is currently working as Consultant Surgeon in Hepatico-panceratico-biliary (HPB) and Laparoscopic surgery at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Senior Lecturer in University of Aberdeen.

Dr Ahmed has co-authored 3 book chapters and published over 50 peer review papers. He has done more than 80 national and international scientific presentations and received awards for 7 of them. He has also been awarded 5 medals during his educational career. He lectures at the university as a course instructor, a guest lecturer and teaches medical students on an individual or small group basis. He is faculty for advanced laparoscopic surgical courses in various national and international courses.

Dr Ahmed has extensive experience of complex gallbladder, liver and pancreatic surgery. His special interests are laparoscopic (key hole surgery) and scarless surgery (single port-virtually without scar).

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